NHL Entry Draft 2018

NHL Entry Draft 2018
overview
date	June 22-23, 2018
place	Dallas , Texas , USA
Round	7th
Selected players	217
1st position	Rasmus Dahlin Elected By: Buffalo Sabers
2nd position	Andrei Svetschnikow Elected by: Carolina Hurricanes
3rd position	Jesperi Kotkaniemi Elected by: Canadiens de Montréal
NHL Entry Draft  <2017 2019>

The 2018 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 22nd and 23rd, 2018. The venue for this 56th edition of the NHL Entry Draft was the American Airlines Center in Dallas , Texas . In seven rounds, the NHL teams selected 217 players.

The Buffalo Sabers chose Swedish defender Rasmus Dahlin in first position , making him only the second Swede chosen as a First Overall Draft Pick after Mats Sundin ( 1989 ). The Russian winger Andrei Swetschnikow for the Carolina Hurricanes and the Finnish center Jesperi Kotkaniemi for the Canadiens de Montréal followed in second and third place . As a result, for the first time since 1999, no Canadian was among the top three elected players, while for the first time in the history of the NHL Entry Draft, five different nations were represented in the top five positions. In addition, Liam Kirk (position 189; Arizona Coyotes ), the first player born and trained in England , was selected.

Available players

All players born between January 1, 1998 and September 15, 2000 are eligible for the draft. In addition, all undrafted, non-North American players over the age of 20 are eligible for the draft. Also available are those players who were elected in the NHL Entry Draft 2016 and who had not signed an entry contract with their original draft club by the time of the Entry Draft 2018 .

Draft order

 Legend :  First right to vote Second right to vote Third right to vote    

No. team chance 1. Buffalo Sabers 18.5% 2. Ottawa Senators 13.5% 3. Arizona Coyotes 11.5% 4th Canadiens de Montréal 9.5% 5. Detroit Red Wings 8.5% 6th Vancouver Canucks 7.5% 7th Chicago Blackhawks 6.5% 8th. New York Rangers 6.0%

No. team chance 9. Edmonton Oilers 5.0% 10. New York Islanders 3.5% 11. Carolina Hurricanes 3.0% 12. Calgary Flames 2.5% 13. Dallas Stars 2.0% 14th St. Louis Blues 1.5% 15th Florida panthers 1.0%

The draft order of the teams that did not reach the playoffs in the 2017/18 season was determined by the draft lottery. As in the last two years, not only the first right to vote was raffled, but also the second and third. The chances of winning for the first right to vote are shown in the table; for the second and third right to vote, the percentages were then adjusted accordingly, depending on who won the previous right to vote. Compared to the previous year, all percentages increased slightly, as the Vegas Golden Knights got the same chance in the 2017 draft as the third worst team. This relatively large percentage has now been divided up among all the other teams. Nevertheless, the probability of the worst team of the season not winning any of the first three voting rights in the lottery was more than 50%; for the third worst team already over 66%.

The draft lottery took place on April 28, 2018, with the Buffalo Sabers, as the team with the lowest points of the previous season, also being awarded the first right to vote. The second right to vote went to the Carolina Hurricanes , which rose nine places. The third lottery won the Canadiens de Montréal and improved by one rank.

The draft order of the 16 playoff participants was determined after the Stanley Cup final. The Stanley Cup winner (Washington) was placed on position 31, the opponent in the final (Vegas) on position 30. The teams eliminated in the conference finals were sorted into positions 28 and 29. The remaining playoff teams were set based on their standings in the regular season. The rule was that the team with the fewest table points was in 16th position. The draft order applied to all rounds of the Entry Draft, so the lottery only changed the order of the first round of voting. In addition, the teams could acquire voting rights from other teams via transfers as well as give their own to other teams.

Transfer of first-round voting rights

date	From	To	annotation
23rd June 2017	St. Louis Blues	Philadelphia Flyers	The St. Louis Blues received Brayden Schenn and in return sent Jori Lehterä , a first-round right to vote in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional first-round right to vote for this draft to Philadelphia. If the right to vote had been in the top ten positions, the first- round voting right for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft would have been postponed and Philadelphia would have received an additional third-round voting right for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . From the 14th position, St. Louis did not win the lottery, so the condition was not met.
June 24, 2017	Calgary Flames	New York Islanders	The Calgary Flames received Travis Hamonic and a conditional four-round suffrage in the 2019 or 2020 NHL Entry Draft and in return sent the first-round suffrage, another second-round suffrage for 2018 and a conditional second-round suffrage for 2019 or 2020 to New York.
February 23, 2018	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa Senators	The Pittsburgh Penguins received Derick Brassard , Vincent Dunn and a third-round vote for the 2018 draft, and transferred Ian Cole , Filip Gustavsson , the first-round vote and a third-round vote for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft to Ottawa. The Vegas Golden Knights , who were also involved in the transfer , also gave Tobias Lindberg to the Penguins and took over 40 percent of Brassard's salary. In return, they received Ryan Reaves and a four-round vote in the 2018 draft.
February 23, 2018	Boston Bruins	New York Rangers	The Boston Bruins received Rick Nash and in return sent Ryan Spooner , Matt Beleskey , Ryan Lindgren , the first-round suffrage and a seventh-round suffrage for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft to New York.
February 26, 2018	Nashville Predators	Chicago Blackhawks	The Nashville Predators received Ryan Hartman and a five-round vote for the 2018 draft and in return sent Victor Ejdsell , the first-round vote and a four-round vote for the 2018 draft to Chicago.
February 26, 2018	Tampa Bay Lightning	New York Rangers	The Tampa Bay Lightning received Ryan McDonagh and JT Miller and in return sent Wladislaw Namestnikow , Libor Hájek , Brett Howden , the first-round suffrage and a conditional second-round suffrage for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft to New York. The latter should become one for the first draft round, provided the Lightning win the Stanley Cup in the next two years.
February 26, 2018	Vegas Golden Knights	Detroit Red Wings	The Vegas Golden Knights received Tomáš Tatar and in return sent first-round suffrage, a second-round suffrage in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round suffrage in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft to Detroit.
February 26, 2018	Winnipeg Jets	St. Louis Blues	The Winnipeg Jets received Paul Stastny and in return sent Erik Foley , the first-round suffrage and a conditional four-round suffrage in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft to St. Louis. Additionally, the Blues continued to take 50% of Stastny's salary.
June 22, 2018	Ottawa Senators (Swap) (from Pittsburgh Penguins )	New York Rangers (Swap) (from Boston Bruins )	The Ottawa Senators gave their first-round suffrage for the 22nd position to the New York Rangers and received their first-round suffrage for the 26th position and a second-round suffrage (48th position).
June 22, 2018	Toronto Maple Leafs (Swap)	St. Louis Blues (Swap) (from Winnipeg Jets )	The Toronto Maple Leafs gave their first-round suffrage for the 25th position to the St. Louis Blues and received their first-round suffrage for the 29th position and a third-round suffrage (76th position).

Rankings

The final rankings of the Central Scouting Service (CSS) of April 16, 2018 and the rankings of the International Scouting Services (ISS) of May 30, 2018 with the most promising talents for the NHL Entry Draft 2018:

Central Scouting Services

rank	Outfield North America	Item	Field player Europe	Item
1	Andrei Svetschnikow	RW	Rasmus Dahlin	D.
2	Brady Tkachuk	LW	Adam Boqvist	D.
3	Filip Zadina	RW	Vitaly Kravtsov	RW
4th	Evan Bouchard	D.	Martin Kaut	RW
5	Noah Dobson	D.	Adam Ginning	D.
6th	Quinn Hughes	D.	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C.
7th	Oliver Wahlstrom	RW	Grigory Denissenko	LW
8th	Joe Veleno	C.	Isac Lundeström	C.
9	Barrett Hayton	C.	Jacob Olofsson	C.
10	Serron Noel	RW	Filip Johansson	D.

rank	North America goalkeeper	Goalkeeper Europe
1	Olivier Rodrigue	Lukáš Dostál
2	Kevin Mandolese	Jakub Škarek
3	Alexis Gravel	Amir Miftachow

International Scouting Services

rank	player	Item
1	Rasmus Dahlin	D.
2	Andrei Svetschnikow	RW
3	Filip Zadina	RW
4th	Brady Tkachuk	LW
5	Oliver Wahlstrom	RW
6th	Evan Bouchard	D.
7th	Quinn Hughes	D.
8th	Noah Dobson	D.
9	Adam Boqvist	D.
10	Joe Veleno	C.

Draft result

Table of Contents Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Round 5  | Round 6  | Round 7

Round 1

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
1.	Rasmus Dahlin	Sweden	D.	Buffalo Sabers	Frölunda HC ( SHL )
2.	Andrei Svetschnikow	Russia	RW	Carolina Hurricanes	Barrie Colts ( OHL )
3.	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	Finland	C.	Canadiens de Montréal	Porin Ässät ( Liiga )
4th	Brady Tkachuk	United States	LW	Ottawa Senators	Boston University ( NCAA )
5.	Barrett Hayton	Canada	C.	Arizona Coyotes	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6th	Filip Zadina	Czech Republic	RW	Detroit Red Wings	Halifax Mooseheads ( LHJMQ )
7th	Quinn Hughes	United States	D.	Vancouver Canucks	University of Michigan (NCAA)
8th.	Adam Boqvist	Sweden	D.	Chicago Blackhawks	Brynäs IF (SHL)
9.	Vitaly Kravtsov	Russia	RW	New York Rangers	HK tractor Chelyabinsk ( KHL )
10.	Evan Bouchard	Canada	D.	Edmonton Oilers	London Knights (OHL)
11.	Oliver Wahlstrom	United States	RW	New York Islanders	USA Hockey National Team Development Program ( USHL )
12.	Noah Dobson	Canada	D.	New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames )	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (LHJMQ)
13.	Ty Dellandrea	Canada	C.	Dallas Stars	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
14th	Joel Farabee	United States	LW	Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues )	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
15th	Grigory Denissenko	Russia	LW	Florida panthers	Loko Yaroslavl ( MHL )
16.	Martin Kaut	Czech Republic	RW	Colorado Avalanche	HC Pardubice ( Extraliga )
17th	Ty Smith	Canada	D.	New Jersey Devils	Spokane Chiefs ( WHL )
18th	Liam Foudy	Canada	C.	Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights (OHL)
19th	Jay O'Brien	United States	C.	Philadelphia Flyers	Thayer Academy (US High School)
20th	Rasmus Kupari	Finland	C.	Los Angeles Kings	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
21st	Ryan Merkley	Canada	D.	San Jose Sharks	Guelph Storm (OHL)
22nd	K'Andre Miller	United States	D.	New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators)	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
23.	Isac Lundeström	Sweden	C.	Anaheim Ducks	Luleå HF (SHL)
24.	Filip Johansson	Sweden	D.	Minnesota Wild	Leksands IF ( Allsvenskan )
25th	Dominik Bokk	Germany	LW / RW	St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs )	Växjö Lakers (SHL)
26th	Jacob Bernard-Docker	Canada	D.	Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers)	Okotoks Oilers ( AJHL )
27.	Nicolas Beaudin	Canada	D.	Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators )	Drummondville Voltigeurs (LHJMQ)
28.	Nils Lundkvist	Sweden	D.	New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning )	Luleå HF (SHL)
29	Rasmus Sandin	Sweden	D.	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues)	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
30th	Joe Veleno	Canada	C.	Detroit Red Wings (by Vegas Golden Knights )	Drummondville Voltigeurs (LHJMQ)
31.	Alexander Alexeyev	Russia	D.	Washington Capitals	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

round 2

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
32.	Mattias Samuelsson	United States	D.	Buffalo Sabers	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
33.	Jonatan Berggren	Sweden	RW	Detroit Red Wings (from Ottawa Senators via New York Rangers)	Skellefteå AIK J20 ( J20 SuperElit )
34.	Serron Noel	Canada	RW	Florida Panthers (from Arizona Coyotes)	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
35.	Jesse Ylönen	United States / Finland	RW	Canadiens de Montréal	Espoo United ( Mestis )
36.	Jared McIsaac	Canada	D.	Detroit Red Wings	Halifax Mooseheads (LHJMQ)
37.	Jett Woo	Canada	D.	Vancouver Canucks	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
38.	Alexander Romanov	Russia	D.	Canadiens de Montréal (from Chicago Blackhawks)	Krasnaya Armia Moscow (MHL)
39.	Olof Lindbom	Sweden	G	New York Rangers	Djurgårdens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
40.	Ryan McLeod	Canada	C.	Edmonton Oilers	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
41.	Bode Wilde	United States	D.	New York Islanders	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
42.	Jack Drury	United States	C.	Carolina Hurricanes	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
43.	Ruslan Ishakov	Russia	C.	New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames)	Krasnaya Armia Moscow (MHL)
44.	Albin Eriksson	Sweden	RW	Dallas Stars	Skellefteå AIK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
45.	Scott Perunovich	United States	D.	St. Louis Blues	University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
46.	Martin Fehérváry	Slovakia	D.	Washington Capitals (from Florida Panthers via New Jersey Devils)	IK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan)
47.	Kody Clark	Canada	RW	Washington Capitals (from Colorado Avalanche)	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
48.	Jonathan Tychonick	Canada	D.	Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils via New York Rangers)	Penticton Vees ( BCHL )
49.	Kirill Martschenko	Russia	LW / RW	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mamonty Jugry (MHL)
50.	Adam Ginning	Sweden	D.	Philadelphia Flyers	Linköpings HC (SHL)
51.	Akil Thomas	Canada	C.	Los Angeles Kings	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
52.	Sean Durzi	Canada	D.	Toronto Maple Leafs (by San Jose Sharks)	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
53.	Calen Addison	Canada	D.	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
54.	Benoît-Olivier Groulx	Canada	C.	Anaheim Ducks	Halifax Mooseheads (LHJMQ)
55.	Kevin Bahl	Canada	D.	Arizona Coyotes (from Minnesota Wild)	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
56.	Jacob Olofsson	Sweden	C.	Canadiens de Montréal (from Toronto Maple Leafs)	Timrå IK (Allsvenskan)
57.	Axel Andersson	Sweden	D.	Boston Bruins	Djurgårdens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
58.	Filip Hållander	Sweden	C.	Pittsburgh Penguins (from Nashville Predators via Colorado Avalanche)	Timrå IK (Allsvenskan)
59.	Gabriel Fortier	Canada	LW	Tampa Bay Lightning	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (LHJMQ)
60.	David Gustafsson	Sweden	C.	Winnipeg Jets	HV71 (SHL)
61.	Ivan Morozov	Russia	C.	Vegas Golden Knights	Mamonty Jugry (MHL)
62.	Olivier Rodrigue	Canada	G	Edmonton Oilers (from Washington Capitals via Canadiens de Montréal)	Drummondville Voltigeurs (LHJMQ)

Round 3

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
63.	Jack McBain	Canada	C.	Minnesota Wild (from Buffalo Sabers)	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL)
64.	Justus Annunen	Finland	G	Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators via Pittsburgh Penguins)	Oulun Kärpät U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
65.	Jan Jeník	Czech Republic	C.	Arizona Coyotes	HC Benátky nad Jizerou ( 1st division )
66.	Cameron Hillis	Canada	C.	Canadiens de Montréal	Guelph Storm (OHL)
67.	Alec Regula	United States	D.	Detroit Red Wings	London Knights (OHL)
68.	Tyler Madden	United States	C.	Vancouver Canucks	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
69.	Jake Wise	United States	C.	Chicago Blackhawks	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
70.	Jacob Ragnarsson	Sweden	D.	New York Rangers	Almtuna IS (Allsvenskan)
71.	Jordan Harris	United States	D.	Canadiens de Montréal (by Edmonton Oilers)	Kimball Union Academy (US High School)
72.	Jakub Škarek	Czech Republic	G	New York Islanders	HC Dukla Jihlava (Extraliga)
73.	Ty Emberson	United States	D.	Arizona Coyotes (from Carolina Hurricanes)	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
74.	Niklas Nordgren	Finland	RW	Chicago Blackhawks (from Calgary Flames via Arizona Coyotes)	Helsingfors IFK U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
75.	Oskar Back	Sweden	C.	Dallas Stars	Färjestad BK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
76.	Semen Der-Arguchinzev	Russia	C.	Toronto Maple Leafs (from St. Louis Blues)	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
77.	Jakub Lauko	Czech Republic	C.	Boston Bruins (from Florida Panthers)	Piráti Chomutov (Extraliga)
78.	Sampo Ranta	Finland	LW	Colorado Avalanche	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
79.	Blake McLaughlin	United States	LW	Anaheim Ducks (from New Jersey Devils)	Chicago Steel (USHL)
80.	Marcus Karlberg	Sweden	LW	Columbus Blue Jackets	Leksands IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
81.	Seth Barton	Canada	D.	Detroit Red Wings (from Philadelphia Flyers)	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
82.	Bulat sheep figurine	Russia	LW	Los Angeles Kings	Nizhnekamsk reactor (MHL)
83.	Riley Stotts	Canada	C.	Toronto Maple Leafs (by San Jose Sharks)	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
84.	Jesper Eliasson	Sweden	G	Detroit Red Wings (from Pittsburgh Penguins)	IF Troja-Ljungby J20 (J20 Elit)
85.	Lukáš Dostál	Czech Republic	G	Anaheim Ducks	SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč (1st division)
86.	Alexander Khovanov	Russia	C.	Minnesota Wild	Moncton Wildcats (LHJMQ)
87.	Linus Karlsson	Sweden	C.	San Jose Sharks (from Toronto Maple Leafs via New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and Arizona Coyotes)	Karlskrona HK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
88	Joey Keane	United States	D.	New York Rangers (by Boston Bruins)	Barrie Colts (OHL)
89.	Logan Hutsko	United States	RW	Florida Panthers (from Nashville Predators)	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL)
90.	Dmitri Semykin	Russia	D.	Tampa Bay Lightning	Kapitan Stupino (MHL)
91.	Nathan Smith	United States	C.	Winnipeg Jets	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
92.	Connor Dewar	Canada	C.	Minnesota Wild (by Vegas Golden Knights)	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
93.	Riley Sutter	Canada	RW	Washington Capitals	Everett Silvertips (WHL)

Round 4

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
120.	Philipp Kurashev	Switzerland	C.	Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators)	Québec Remparts (LHJMQ)

Round 6

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
173.	Veini Vehviläinen	Finland	G	Columbus Blue Jackets	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)

Round 7

#	player	nationality	Item	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
189	Liam Kirk	United Kingdom	FW	Arizona Coyotes	Sheffield Steelers ( EIHL )

Web links

• NHL Entry Draft 2018 at eliteprospects.com

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Jordan Hall: Flyers trade Brayden Schenn to Blues for No. 27 Morgan Frost, Jori Lehtera, additional pick. csnphilly.com, June 23, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Frank Seravalli: Flames add Hamonic to keep up with arms race in West. tsn.ca, June 24, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2018 (English). 
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6. ^ Hartman traded to Predators by Blackhawks. nhl.com, February 26, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Rangers Acquire Namestnikov, Hajek, Howden, 2018 1st Rd. Pick & 2019 Pick. nhl.com, February 26, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Vegas Golden Knights Acquire Tomas Tatar From The Detroit Red Wings. nhl.com, February 26, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 . 
9. ^ Mike Johnston: Jets acquire Paul Stastny from Blues for picks, Erik Foley. sportsnet.ca, February 26, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Don Brennan: Senators make a draft floor trade, but it's not Erik Karlsson. ottawasun.com, June 22, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Thomas Lott: NHL Draft 2018: Blues trade up to No. 25, get winger Dominik Bokk. sportingnews.com, June 22, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: Dahlin tops Central Scouting's final ranking of International skaters. nhl.com, April 16, 2018, accessed April 16, 2018 . 
13. ↑ ISS Top 30 - June 2018. International Scouting Services, May 30, 2018, accessed on June 18, 2018 .